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salakka

02:31 Jun 25, 2004
Finnish to English translations [Non-PRO]
Fisheries / fly fishing
Finnish term or phrase: salakka
It's in the name of several Finnish streamer fly patterns.
Gary Soucie


Summary of answers provided
5 +2bleak
Markku


  

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3 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +2
bleak


Explanation:
bleak (Alburnus alburnus)

Markku
Finland
Local time: 03:07
Native speaker of: Finnish

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Desmond O'Rourke: Since the bleak (fish) is of the minnow variety, and minnows are a lure for larger fish the word minnow would be more readily recognisable.
6 hrs
neutral  Gary Soucie (X): I dig your logic, but I am going with the more specific "bleak."
7 days
agree  Erja Hirvonen
211 days
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